Synonyms of fractious

1. fractious, refractory, recalcitrant, disobedient (vs. obedient): usage: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
2. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy, ill-natured (vs. good-natured): usage: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
3. fractious, difficult (vs. easy), hard: usage: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"